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- MAiL BAG. y No. 293,459. Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

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WILLIAM HAWN, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

MAIL-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,459, dated February12, 1884.

Application filed December 20, 1883.

. To all whom/ it may concern.-

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and Stateof Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mail-Bags; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

reverse side of the mail-bag, showing in dotted lines the position ofthe staple previous to its being turned to register with the perforatedFig. 3 is a perspective view of the bag, showing it open and ready forfilling; and Fig.

I 4, a detail view of the staple.

The present invention has relation tonthat class of niail-bags which arere-enforced or made rigid at their mouths, and especially to theimprovement embodied in my patent of June 13, 1882, No. 259,309.

The object of the invention is to adapt the above-mentioned class ofmail-bags to the use 'of padlocks, which object I attain by theconstruction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

- In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents a mail-bag made inaccordance'with my Letters Patent hereinbefore referred to, havingsecured around its open end sections B 0. Near the end of one of thesections, 0, is a slot, at, which extends through it andthrough theleather of the bag, and to the outer side of the section, immediately atthe extremity of one end of the slot, is secured a perforated plate, D,which extends out horizontallyfrom the bag. The slot at is adaptedtoreceive a staple, E, extending out horizontally from the interior of thebag and on a line diagonally opposite the slot when the bag is open, as

shown in Fig. 3.

(No model.)

The staple E consists, preferably, of a perforated metal plate similarto the plate D, terminating in a shank, b, with a shoulder, a, and atits extremity with a stop-plate, F, by which means the staple isconnected to'the bag in a manner to admit of its turning. When the bagis closed, the staple E will penetrate theopposite side of the bagthrough slot a, coming in line therewith and above the perforated plateD, when the staple is turned in its bearing. When the staple is turnedover in a direction toward the perforated plate, so that it will restthereon or be immediately above it, the respective perforations willregister or come into line, and thusare in position to receive the linkof the padlock. The stop-plate F serves as a convenient means forturning the staple E, and also, like the shoulder c,-acts as a washer insecuring the shank b to the bag. The plate F has two shoulders,

d, which, in connection with the check-pin e,

serves as a guide to bring the staple in line with the perforation ofthe plate D, and also prevent the staple from turning completely around.The staple E, having a square shoulder, as shown at f, Fig. 4, whichcomes against the angular portion of the plate D, serves to hold thesides of the bag firmly together when closed.

Having now fully described my invention,

staple adapted to turn in its bearing after passing through the slot, tobring .it over the perforated plate, for securing the two together by asuitable padlock, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

' WILLIAM HAWN.

Witnesses:

' En. COYKENDALL,

J. O. Hoornn.

